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Bytes Europe<p>Foreign Ministers of Serbia And Somalia Held Telephone Conversation To Strenghten Biletral relations <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/843611/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/843611/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/and" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>and</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Biletral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biletral</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Held</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ministers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ministers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>of</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/relations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>somalia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Strenghten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strenghten</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/to" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>to</span></a></p>
st3fan<p>Wer rettet uns vor deutschem Terror?<br>Taxifahrer A. Muhammad</p><p>Jetzt wurde der Held von Mannheim geehrt, der den deutschen Täter mit Verbindungen ins rechte Millieu beherzt unter Einsatz seines eigenen Lebens gestoppt hat.</p><p>Video Direktlink SWR<br><a href="https://avdlswr-a.akamaihd.net/swr/swraktuell/bw/tv/einzelbeitraege/2206324.avc-1080.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://avdlswr-a.akamaihd.net/swr/swraktuell/bw/tv/einzelbeitraege/2206324.avc-1080.mp4</a></p><blockquote><p>Der pakistanisch-stämmige Taxifahrer sagte bei dem Termin vor der Presse, er habe am Montag mit seinem Taxi am Mannheimer Rathaus gewartet [...] Er habe gehupt und bei offenem Fenster Passanten gewarnt. Dann sei er dem Amokfahrer gefolgt und habe ihm den Weg zurück abgeschnitten.</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Ich bin kein Held. Mannheim hat mir viel gegeben. Ich bin Moslem. Was ich gemacht habe, ist eine kleine Sache.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/mannheim/amokfahrt-mannheim-oberbuergermeister-bedankt-sich-bei-taxifahrer-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/mannheim/amokfahrt-mannheim-oberbuergermeister-bedankt-sich-bei-taxifahrer-100.html</a></p><p><a href="https://fedi.caliandroid.de/tags/swr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swr</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.caliandroid.de/tags/zivilcourage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zivilCourage</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.caliandroid.de/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>held</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.caliandroid.de/tags/migrationisteinechance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrationisteinechance</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.caliandroid.de/tags/goodnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goodNews</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>Princess Leonor of Asturias, standard-bearer in the flag oath of Spaniards living in Uruguay held during the stop in Montevideo. <a href="https://www.inbella.com/940141/princess-leonor-of-asturias-standard-bearer-in-the-flag-oath-of-spaniards-living-in-uruguay-held-during-the-stop-in-montevideo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/940141/princess-le</span><span class="invisible">onor-of-asturias-standard-bearer-in-the-flag-oath-of-spaniards-living-in-uruguay-held-during-the-stop-in-montevideo/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/asturias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asturias</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Events</span></a>&amp;Appearances <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Flag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flag</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Gossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gossip</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>held</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/leonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leonor</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>living</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Montevideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montevideo</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Oath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oath</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/princess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>princess</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Royal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Royal</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalFamilies</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalGossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalGossip</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Royals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Royals</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalsGossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalsGossip</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Spaniards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spaniards</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/standardbearer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standardbearer</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/stop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stop</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Uruguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uruguay</span></a></p>
Martha 🌊 🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇬🇱 🇪🇺<p>Genug Dreck gefressen<br>Kommentar von Barbara Oertel</p><p>US-Präsident Trump und sein Vize J.D. Vance provozierten eine Eskalation, um dann eine Entschuldigung zu fordern. Die hat Selenskyj nun gegeben, weil er weiß – er hat keine Wahl.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selenskyj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selenskyj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Held</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erpresser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erpresser</span></a></p><p><a href="https://taz.de/Selenskyjs-Brief-an-Donald-Trump/!6070396/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">taz.de/Selenskyjs-Brief-an-Don</span><span class="invisible">ald-Trump/!6070396/</span></a></p>
JRienke@mastodon.social 🇪🇺🇳🇱<p>De 50-jarige taxichauffeur <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfzalMuhammad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfzalMuhammad</span></a> wordt in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Duitsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Duitsland</span></a> gevierd als held. Mede door zijn handelen kon de automobilist die afgelopen maandag op een groep mensen inreed in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mannheim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mannheim</span></a> snel worden gearresteerd. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hero</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Held</span></a> <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2558301-taxi-held-reed-dader-klem-die-in-mannheim-op-menigte-inreed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nos.nl/artikel/2558301-taxi-he</span><span class="invisible">ld-reed-dader-klem-die-in-mannheim-op-menigte-inreed</span></a></p>
ᴺⁱˡᶻ 🍸<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@doncish" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>doncish</span></a></span> </p><p>Gestern 'nen <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Trailer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trailer</span></a> zu irgendeinem <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> gesehen, in dem so ein klischeehafter, cool &amp; goodlooking Typ, agil und durchtrainiert, einen <a href="https://norden.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Pr%C3%A4sident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Präsident</span></a>​en in einer <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Held</span></a>​​enrolle verkörperte. 🫡</p><p>Ich kann angesichts der Realität mit dem orangefarbenem Clown 🍊🤡 nur noch lachen, wenn ich solche <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hollywood</span></a> Fantasien sehe 🤣</p>
INBELLA<p>Peyton List at the “Cobra Kai” Season 6/Series Finale Premiere Event held at The Egyptian Theatre on February 12, 2025 <a href="https://www.inbella.com/905427/peyton-list-at-the-cobra-kai-season-6-series-finale-premiere-event-held-at-the-egyptian-theatre-on-february-12-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/905427/peyton-list</span><span class="invisible">-at-the-cobra-kai-season-6-series-finale-premiere-event-held-at-the-egyptian-theatre-on-february-12-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/6Series" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>6Series</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celeb</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelebEvents</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celebrities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebrities</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebrity</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebs</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/cleavage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleavage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Cobra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cobra</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EGYPTIAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EGYPTIAN</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>event</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>events</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/February" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>February</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FINALE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FINALE</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>held</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Kai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kai</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/List" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>List</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Peyton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peyton</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/premiere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>premiere</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/season" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>season</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theatre</span></a></p>
Signe Immerkjær🌟Ledige flash designs - good luck charms🌟<br> <br> Det gør jo ikke noget, at gøre lidt for at få lidt ekstra held.<br> <br> Send mig en besked, hvis en eller flere skal være din ❤️<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.dk/discover/tags/tattoo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tattoo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.dk/discover/tags/tattooflash?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tattooflash</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.dk/discover/tags/flashdesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flashdesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.dk/discover/tags/kunst?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kunst</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.dk/discover/tags/illustration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.dk/discover/tags/held?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#held</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.dk/discover/tags/luck?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luck</a>
Ron<p>The Rising of the Shield Hero </p><p>Nach der 1. Staffel habe ich beschlossen nicht mehr weiter zu schauen. Denn es wird mindestens 3 Episoden lang nicht erklärt, warum auf den ersten Blick Verbündete unbedingt die Helden töten wollen. Das ist mir zu doof.</p><p><a href="https://funime.de/2025/01/26/the-rising-of-the-shield-hero/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">funime.de/2025/01/26/the-risin</span><span class="invisible">g-of-the-shield-hero/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anime</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Abenteuer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abenteuer</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Charakterentwicklung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charakterentwicklung</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drama</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Freundschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freundschaft</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Held</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Isekai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Isekai</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Kampf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kampf</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Magie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magie</span></a> <a href="https://social.amichan.de/tags/Verrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verrat</span></a></p>
Morsu Apri R.I.P. Natenom🕯️🖤<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@watson_news" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>watson_news</span></a></span> <br>Das Problem ist offensichtlich, dass es mehr als eine <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Fahrspur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fahrspur</span></a> je <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Fahrtrichtung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fahrtrichtung</span></a> gibt.<br>Bei lediglich einer <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Fahrspur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fahrspur</span></a> je <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Fahrtrichtung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fahrtrichtung</span></a> wäre der tragische <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Held</span></a> der <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/motorisierten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motorisierten</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Fortbewegung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fortbewegung</span></a> womöglich gar nicht <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/verunfallt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verunfallt</span></a>.<br>Die <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Schuld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schuld</span></a> ist immer und zuerst bei der <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/mangelhaften" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mangelhaften</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Infrastruktur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastruktur</span></a> zu suchen.</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Rarely do private companies find themselves punished for using <a href="https://c.im/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shell</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>companies</span></a> to move capital and avoid taxes. </p><p>The fine accountants at Ernst &amp; Young cooked up a complicated scheme in 2008 for a restructuring of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Koch</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Industries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Industries</span></a> via shell entities in Luxembourg, <br />a notorious tax haven, with the reasonable expectation that the ruse would never be revealed. </p><p>But then someone leaked a raft of private documents from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mossack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mossack</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fonseca" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fonseca</span></a>, a law firm in Panama that specializes in the creation of shell companies. </p><p>The info dump became known as the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Panama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Papers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Papers</span></a>, and among its many revelations was Koch Industries’ bid to reinvent parts of the company, on paper, <br />as tax-avoidant Luxembourg shell companies. </p><p>According to the Center for Public Integrity, the essence of the Koch Industries deal was to <br />“reorder the ownership of many subsidiaries and centralize them under Luxembourg companies that are all served by internal corporate finance companies, <br />akin to a company’s own bank.”</p><p>Maybe that’s where the Koch siblings got the idea to get behind <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonorsTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DonorsTrust</span></a><br />—a sort of house bank for the array of political entities and think tanks they fund. </p><p>Of course, as with all of the organizations funded by Koch, they’re not in it alone. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Betsy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Betsy</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dick" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dick</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeVos</span></a> helped fund DonorsTrust, according to Mother Jones.</p><p>And then there are the many Koch-network “pass-through” groups, such as &quot;Freedom Partners&quot;<br />and the &quot;Center to Protect Patient Rights&quot;, <br />which function much the way that shell companies do in the world of private capital: <br />-- they add layers of obfuscation over the provenance of the dollars flowing from one right-wing organization or institution to the next.</p><p>For instance, there’s the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wellspring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wellspring</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Committee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Committee</span></a>, <br />a pass-through funded in part via the Koch network, whose director, Ann Corkery, also sat for six years on the board of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Becket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Becket</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fund" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fund</span></a> for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Religious</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liberty</span></a>, <br />a pro-bono law firm, according to tax filings. </p><p>With its portfolio of so-called religious freedom cases, <br />the Becket Fund gained notice as the firm representing the principals of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hobby</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lobby</span></a> company in <br />a 2014 Supreme Court challenge to a mandate in the Affordable Care Act <br />for employer-based health insurance to cover, <br />without a co-pay, the costs of prescription <a href="https://c.im/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contraception</span></a>.</p><p>One type of private company is the “<a href="https://c.im/tags/closely" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>closely</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>held</span></a>” variety, which may occasionally trade stock publicly, but has only a few shareholders. </p><p>The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of Hobby Lobby (number 106 on the 2016 Forbes list of the nation’s top private companies) specifically cited its “closely held” status as a qualification for its exemption from the ACA contraceptive mandate.</p>